阅读说明：本技术 电子装置及其控制方法 (Electronic device and control method thereof ) 是由 林彦辉 张松节 于 2018-08-17 设计创作，主要内容包括：一种电子装置,包括第一屏幕、第二屏幕和控制器,所述第一屏幕用于显示多个图标并侦测触控操作,每个所述图标对应一个不同的用户界面,所述控制器用于在所述触控操作选择所述多个图标其中之一时启动所述第二屏幕并控制所述第二屏幕显示被选择的所述图标所对应的用户界面,所述第二屏幕在所述启动之前处于关闭状态。本发明还提供了一种控制方法。(An electronic device comprises a first screen, a second screen and a controller, wherein the first screen is used for displaying a plurality of icons and detecting touch operation, each icon corresponds to a different user interface, the controller is used for starting the second screen and controlling the second screen to display the user interface corresponding to the selected icon when one of the icons is selected by the touch operation, and the second screen is in a closed state before the starting. The invention also provides a control method.)

1. An electronic device comprising a first screen, a second screen, and a controller, characterized in that: the first screen is used for displaying a plurality of icons and detecting touch operation, each icon corresponds to a different user interface, the controller is used for starting the second screen and controlling the second screen to display the user interface corresponding to the selected icon when one of the plurality of icons is selected by the touch operation, and the second screen is in a closed state before the starting.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of icons includes a desktop icon, and wherein the user interface corresponding to the desktop icon is a desktop of an operating system of the electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of icons includes at least one application icon, the user interface corresponding to the application icon is a user interface of an application corresponding to the application icon, and the controller is configured to start the second screen, execute the application, and control the second screen to display the user interface of the application when the touch operation selects the application icon.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the at least one application icon is a plurality of application icons, each of the application icons corresponding to a different application, and the plurality of application icons corresponding to a group of applications in the electronic device that are most frequently used.

5. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein: the controller is further used for arranging application program icons corresponding to application programs with events to be processed in the highest priority display order of the first screen, wherein the events to be processed are missed calls, unread short messages, unread mails or unread reminders.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein: the first screen comprises a display layer and a touch layer, the display layer is used for displaying the icons, and the touch layer is used for detecting the touch operation.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein: the controller is also used for obtaining the biological characteristics of the user and judging whether the biological characteristics of the user accord with the biological characteristics stored in the electronic device in advance; when the biological characteristics of the user do not accord with the biological characteristics stored in the electronic device in advance, the controller disregards the touch operation; when the biological characteristics of the user accord with the biological characteristics pre-stored in the electronic device and one of the icons is selected by the touch operation, the controller unlocks the electronic device, starts the second screen and controls the second screen to display the user interface corresponding to the selected icon, and the electronic device is in a locked state before the unlocking.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein: the biological characteristics are fingerprints, the first screen comprises a display layer, a fingerprint detection layer and a touch layer, the display layer is used for displaying the icons, the fingerprint detection layer is used for detecting the fingerprints of the user and transmitting the fingerprints of the user to the controller, and the touch layer is used for detecting touch operation.

9. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein: the biometric features are facial features and/or iris features, and the electronic device further comprises a camera component for capturing the biometric features of the user and transmitting the biometric features of the user to the controller.

10. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein: the controller is further configured to control the electronic device to enter the locked state after the electronic device is idle for more than a preset duration.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein: the controller is further configured to control the second screen to enter the closed state after the electronic device is idle for more than a preset time period, and the first screen displays the plurality of icons when the second screen is in the closed state.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein: the first screen is arranged on the front face, the side face, the back face or the protective shell of the electronic device, and the second screen is arranged on the front face of the electronic device.

13. A control method is applied to an electronic device, the electronic device comprises a first screen and a second screen, and the control method is characterized in that: the control method comprises the following steps:

displaying a plurality of icons on the first screen and detecting touch operation on the first screen, wherein each icon corresponds to a different user interface; and

when one of the icons is selected by the touch operation, starting the second screen and controlling the second screen to display a user interface corresponding to the selected icon;

wherein the second screen is in an off state prior to the booting.

14. The control method according to claim 13, characterized in that: the icons comprise desktop icons, and the user interface corresponding to the desktop icons is a desktop of an operating system of the electronic device.

15. The control method according to claim 13, characterized in that: the icons comprise at least one application icon, and the user interface corresponding to the application icon is the user interface of the application corresponding to the application icon; the control method further comprises the steps of:

and when the touch operation selects the application icon, starting the second screen, executing the application and controlling the second screen to display the user interface of the application.

16. The control method according to claim 13, characterized in that: the control method further comprises the steps of:

acquiring the biological characteristics of a user and judging whether the biological characteristics of the user accord with the biological characteristics stored in the electronic device in advance;

disregarding the touch operation when the biometric characteristic of the user does not conform to a biometric characteristic pre-stored in the electronic device; and

when the biological characteristics of the user accord with the biological characteristics pre-stored in the electronic device and one of the icons is selected by the touch operation, unlocking the electronic device, starting the second screen and controlling the second screen to display the user interface corresponding to the selected icon, wherein the electronic device is in a locked state before unlocking.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to electronic devices, and particularly to an electronic device capable of being unlocked quickly and directly accessing an application program and a control method thereof.

Background

In a screen-locked state, an electronic device usually needs to unlock by lighting a screen first, then select an application icon on a page where the application is located to start a corresponding application, and sometimes even needs to turn a page to find a desired application, which is not concise and fast.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, there is a need for an electronic device capable of quickly unlocking and directly accessing an application program in a screen lock situation.

An electronic device comprises a first screen, a second screen and a controller, wherein the first screen is used for displaying a plurality of icons and detecting touch operation, each icon corresponds to a different user interface, the controller is used for starting the second screen and controlling the second screen to display the user interface corresponding to the selected icon when one of the icons is selected by the touch operation, and the second screen is in a closed state before the starting.

A control method is applied to an electronic device, the electronic device comprises a first screen and a second screen, and the control method comprises the following steps:

displaying a plurality of icons on the first screen and detecting touch operation on the first screen, wherein each icon corresponds to a different user interface; and

when one of the icons is selected by the touch operation, starting the second screen and controlling the second screen to display a user interface corresponding to the selected icon;

wherein the second screen is in an off state prior to the booting.

According to the electronic device and the control method thereof, when the second screen is in the closed state, the icon selected by the touch operation of the user on the first screen is directly detected to quickly start the second screen and control the second screen to display the user interface corresponding to the selected icon, so that the speed from the unlocking step to the application program starting step is increased, and better user experience is provided.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an electronic device according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an electronic device according to the present invention.

Fig. 3A is a schematic diagram of a first screen according to a first embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3B is a schematic diagram of a first screen according to a second embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 4 is another schematic diagram of an electronic device according to the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a control method of an electronic device according to a first embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of an electronic device according to a second embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of an electronic device according to a third embodiment of the invention.

Description of the main elements

Electronic device 100

Memory 10

First screen 11

Touch layer 110a

Fingerprint detection layer 110b

Display layer 110c

Second screen 12

Controller 13

Fingerprint recognition module 15

Face recognition module 17

Iris recognition module 19

Camera assembly 40

Control system 200

Application management module 21

Detecting module 25

Judging module 27

Start module 28

Display module 29

The following detailed description will further illustrate the invention in conjunction with the above-described figures.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, an electronic device 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the invention is provided. The electronic device 100 may be, but is not limited to, a portable electronic device such as a tablet computer, a smart phone, or a personal digital Processing Device (PDA).

The electronic device 100 includes a memory 10, a first screen 11, a second screen 12, a controller 13, and a camera assembly 40.

The memory 10 may be a memory of the electronic device 100 itself, or may be an external memory, such as a Smart Media Card (Smart Media Card), a Secure Digital Card (Secure Digital Card), a Flash memory Card (Flash Card), or the like. The memory 10 stores a fingerprint recognition module 15, a face recognition module 17 and an iris recognition module 19. The fingerprint recognition module 15, the face recognition module 17 and the iris recognition module 19 are all composed of command codes and data and are executed by the controller 13.

The controller 13 may be a central processing unit, a microprocessor or other chip with data processing function.

In this embodiment, the first screen 11 and the second screen 12 may be touch display screens. The first screen 11 may be a liquid crystal, OLED, micro LED, or electronic paper screen. The second screen 12 may be a liquid crystal, OLED or micro LED screen.

The first screen 11 may be disposed on a front side, a side, or a back side of the electronic device 100, and the first screen 11 may also be disposed on a protective case (not shown) of the electronic device 100. The second screen 12 may be disposed on a front surface of the electronic device 100.

In the first embodiment, as shown in fig. 3A, the first screen 11 may have a display layer 110c and a touch layer 110a, and the touch layer 110a may be stacked on the display layer 110 c. The touch layer 110a may be used to detect a touch operation performed on the first screen 11, and the display layer 110c may be a liquid crystal panel, an OLED panel, a micro LED panel, or an electronic paper, and is used to display a plurality of icons, each of which corresponds to a different user interface. The icons may include a desktop icon, and the user interface corresponding to the desktop icon is a desktop of an operating system of the electronic device 100. The icons can also include at least one application icon, and the user interface corresponding to the application icon is the user interface of the application corresponding to the application icon. The controller 13 is configured to start the second screen 12 and control the second screen 12 to display a user interface corresponding to the selected icon when one of the icons is selected by the touch operation.

In a second embodiment, as shown in fig. 3B, the first screen 11 has a display layer 110c, a touch layer 110a and a fingerprint detection layer 110B, the touch layer 110a can be used for detecting a touch operation implemented on the first screen 11, the fingerprint detection layer 110B can be used for detecting a fingerprint of the user and transmitting the fingerprint of the user to the controller 13, and the display layer 110c can be a liquid crystal panel, an OLED panel, a micro LED panel or an electronic paper and is used for displaying the plurality of icons, each of which corresponds to a different user interface. The touch layer 110a may be stacked on the fingerprint detection layer 110b, and the fingerprint detection layer 110b may be stacked on the display layer 110c, it is understood that the touch layer 110a and the fingerprint detection layer 110b may also be integrated on the same screen layer and stacked on the display layer 110c together. The controller 13 is configured to start the second screen 12 and control the second screen 12 to display a user interface corresponding to the selected icon when one of the icons is selected by the touch operation.

In an embodiment, the icons displayed on the first screen 11 may include a plurality of application icons, each of the application icons corresponds to a different application, and the application icons correspond to a group of applications with the highest usage frequency in the electronic device. In another embodiment, the controller 13 is further configured to arrange an application icon corresponding to an application having a to-be-processed event in a highest priority display order of the first screen 11, where the to-be-processed event may be a missed call, an unread message, an unread mail, or an unread reminder.

The first screen 11 displays a first graphical interface and the second screen 12 displays a second graphical interface. In an embodiment, the first screen 11 and the second screen 12 are disposed on the same surface of the electronic device 100 and are disposed adjacent to each other, and the first graphical interface and the second graphical interface may jointly form a complete graphical interface. In other embodiments, the first screen 11 and the second screen 12 may be disposed on different surfaces of the electronic device 100 or disposed on the same surface, and the first graphical interface and the second graphical interface are different graphical interfaces independent from each other. The graphical interface includes an application icon, an application interface, and the like, where the application icon is an icon displayed for the operating system of the electronic device 100 to allow a user to select and start an application. The application program interface is a user interface displayed after the application program is started. In this embodiment, the first graphical interface of the first screen 11 preferably displays the application icon, and the second graphical interface of the second screen 12 preferably displays the application icon.

The camera assembly 40 may be a camera for capturing facial features and/or iris features of a user and communicating the facial features and/or iris features of the user to the controller 13.

The fingerprint identification module 15 is configured to obtain a fingerprint of a user in cooperation with the fingerprint detection layer 110b of the first screen 11 and determine whether the fingerprint of the user matches a fingerprint pre-stored in the memory 10. The facial recognition module 17 is used for acquiring facial features of a user in cooperation with the camera assembly 40 and judging whether the facial features of the user conform to facial features stored in the memory 10 in advance. The iris recognition module 19 is configured to obtain the iris features of the user in cooperation with the camera assembly 40 and determine whether the iris features of the user conform to the iris features pre-stored in the memory 10. In other embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include only one of the fingerprint recognition module 15, the face recognition module 17, and the iris recognition module 19, or only the face recognition module 17 and the iris recognition module 19.

A control system 200 is installed and operated in the electronic device 100. The memory 10 may be used to store the control system 200 and its associated data, such as a biometric feature of the user, which may be a fingerprint, facial feature and/or iris feature, and pre-stored biometric features. The control system 200 includes one or more modules that are stored in the memory 10 and executed by the controller 13 to perform the functions provided by the present invention. The control system 200 includes an application management module 21, a detection module 25, a determination module 27, a start module 28, and a display module 29.

The application management module 21 is used for managing applications. For example, the application management module 21 may record the frequency of use of the application in the electronic device 100, record whether the application has the pending event, and the like.

The detecting module 25 is configured to detect a touch operation performed by a user on the first screen 11. The touch operation may be pressing, clicking, sliding, dragging, or leaving, etc.

The judgment module 27 judges whether the biometric features of the user are consistent with the biometric features pre-stored in the memory 10 through the fingerprint recognition module 15, the face recognition module 17 and the iris recognition module 19.

The starting module 28 is configured to start the second screen 12 and execute an application program according to a touch operation performed on the first screen 11 by a user. The second screen 12 is in an off state prior to the activation. The off state is that the second screen 12 does not emit light and does not display any graphical interface. The activation module 28 may also be used to activate the camera assembly 40.

The display module 29 is configured to control the second screen 12 to display a user interface corresponding to the selected icon.

The modules referred to in the present invention may be instruction sets that perform a specific function, and are more suitable than programs for describing the execution process of software in the electronic device 100, and the detailed functions of the modules will be described in detail with reference to the following flowcharts of the control method according to the embodiments of the present invention. The order of the steps in the control method may be changed, and some steps may be omitted or combined according to different requirements.

As shown in fig. 4, the first screen 11 may display a plurality of icons. The plurality of icons includes at least one application icon. And the user interface corresponding to the application program icon is the user interface of the application program corresponding to the application program icon. In this embodiment, the application icons may include APP1, APP2, APP 3. The detection module 25 detects a touch operation of a user on APP1, APP2 or APP 3. For example, when a user presses APP1 with a finger, the detecting module 25 detects a pressing operation of the user on APP1, the fingerprint recognizing module 15 cooperates with the fingerprint detecting layer 110b to obtain a fingerprint of the user on APP1, the determining module 27 determines, through the fingerprint recognizing module 15, that the fingerprint matches a fingerprint pre-stored in the memory 10, the starting module 28 starts an unlocking operation to unlock the electronic device 100, and executes an application program corresponding to APP1, and the display module 29 controls the second screen 12 to display a user interface of the application program corresponding to APP 1. The electronic device 100 is in a locked state prior to the unlocking.

In another embodiment, the icons may further include a desktop icon, and the user interface corresponding to the desktop icon is a desktop of an operating system of the electronic device 100. When the user presses the desktop icon with a finger, and the determining module 27 determines, through the fingerprint recognizing module 15, that the fingerprint matches the fingerprint pre-stored in the memory 10, the starting module 28 starts an unlocking operation to unlock the electronic device 100, and the display module 29 controls the second screen 12 to display the desktop of the operating system of the electronic device 100.

Referring to fig. 5, a method for controlling an electronic device 100 according to a first embodiment of the invention includes the following steps:

in step S201, a touch operation performed by a user on the first screen 11 is detected, and the second screen 12 is in an off state.

In this embodiment, the first screen 11 may have a display layer 110c and a touch layer 110 a. The display layer 110c is configured to display the icons, and the touch layer 110a is configured to detect the touch operation. The plurality of icons may include a desktop icon and may also include at least one application icon. The touch operation is an operation of touching or pressing the desktop icon or the application icon.

Step S202, when one of the icons is selected by the touch operation, the second screen 12 is started and the second screen 12 is controlled to display the user interface corresponding to the selected icon.

If the selected icon is a desktop icon, the starting module 28 starts the second screen 12, and the display module 29 controls the second screen 12 to display the desktop of the operating system of the electronic device 100.

If the selected icon is an application icon, the starting module 28 starts the second screen 12 and executes the application corresponding to the selected icon, and the display module 29 controls the second screen 12 to display the user interface of the application corresponding to the selected icon.

Referring to fig. 6, a method for controlling an electronic device 100 according to a second embodiment of the invention includes the following steps:

step S301 is to detect a touch operation performed by the user on the first screen 11 and acquire a fingerprint of the user, where the second screen 12 is in a closed state and the electronic device 100 is in a locked state.

In this embodiment, the first screen 11 may have a display layer 110c, a touch layer 110a and a fingerprint detection layer 110 b. The display layer 110c is used for displaying the plurality of icons. When a user presses an icon of the first screen 11 with a finger, the detecting module 25 detects a touch operation performed by the user on the first screen 11 through the touch layer 110a, and the fingerprint detecting layer 110b detects and acquires a fingerprint of the user.

In step S302, the determining module 27 determines whether the fingerprint of the user matches the fingerprint pre-stored in the memory 10 through the fingerprint recognizing module 15, and the determining module 27 determines whether one of the icons is selected by the touch operation. If the fingerprint of the user does not conform to the fingerprint pre-stored in the memory 10, or if the touch operation does not select one of the icons, the determining module 27 disregards the touch operation, and returns to step S301. If the fingerprint of the user matches the fingerprint pre-stored in the memory 10 and the touch operation selects one of the icons, the process proceeds to step S303.

In step S303, the starting module 28 unlocks the electronic device 100 and starts the second screen 12.

In step S304, the display module 29 controls the second screen 12 to display the user interface corresponding to the selected icon.

Referring to fig. 7, a method for controlling an electronic device 100 according to a fourth embodiment of the invention includes the following steps:

step S401 is to detect a touch operation performed by the user on the first screen 11, and start the camera device 40 to obtain a facial feature and/or an iris feature of the user, where the second screen 12 is in an off state and the electronic device 100 is in a locked state.

In this embodiment, the first screen 11 may have a display layer 110c and a touch layer 110 a. The display layer 110c is used for displaying the plurality of icons. When a user presses an icon of the first screen 11 with a finger, the detecting module 25 detects a touch operation performed by the user on the first screen 11 through the touch layer 110 a. The activation module 28 activates the camera assembly 40, and the face recognition module 17 and/or the iris recognition module 19 acquires the face features and/or the iris features of the user through the camera assembly 40.

In step S402, the determining module 27 determines whether the face feature and/or the iris feature of the user matches the face feature and/or the iris feature pre-stored in the memory 10 through the face recognition module 17 and/or the iris recognition module 19, and the determining module 27 determines whether one of the icons is selected by the touch operation. If the facial feature and/or iris feature of the user does not conform to the facial feature and/or iris feature pre-stored in the memory 10, or if the touch operation does not select one of the icons, the determining module 27 disregards the touch operation, and returns to step S401. If the facial features and/or iris features of the user are matched with those pre-stored in the memory 10, and the touch operation selects one of the icons, the process proceeds to step S403.

In step S403, the starting module 28 unlocks the electronic device 100 and starts the second screen 12.

In step S404, the display module 29 controls the second screen 12 to display the user interface corresponding to the selected icon.

In an embodiment, the starting module 28 may control the electronic device 100 to enter the locked state and control the second screen 12 to enter the closed state after the electronic device 100 is idle for more than a preset time period. The first screen 11 displays the plurality of icons all the time when the second screen 12 is in the closed state. If the first screen 11 is not an electronic paper screen, the first screen 11 is always in an on state and always displays the icons when the second screen 12 is in the off state.

The control method of the electronic device 100 of the present invention directly detects the user operation in the unlocking interface to selectively enter the desktop or any application program interface, which not only speeds up the steps from starting the screen, unlocking to executing the application program, but also provides better user experience.

In view of the above, although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and those skilled in the relevant art can make various modifications and applications without departing from the scope of the basic technical idea of the present invention.